Heikki Mäkelä

{{Short description|Finnish canoeist (1946–2024)}}

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Heikki Mäkelä (19 February 1946 – 29 September 2024)[https://melontajasoutuliitto.fi/2024/in-memoriam-olympiameloja-heikki-makela/ Heikki Mäkelä's obituary] {{in lang|fi}} was a Finnish sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the K-4 1000 m event at Mexico City in 1968. He was born in Lahti.

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Category:1946 births

Category:2024 deaths

Category:Sportspeople from Lahti

Category:Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Category:Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Category:Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Category:Finnish male canoeists

Category:Olympic canoeists for Finland

Category:20th-century Finnish sportsmen

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